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a big drop in prices in california. demand is also way down after hurricane sandy because people just can't find gas in the new york new jersey area. in the washington area the price is a bit lower at $3.52 a gallon. in the past month they were down 22 cents. there could soon be some relief for the gas lines in the new york area. the federal government is buying gasoline to help get more fuel to drivers in new york and new jersey. >>> do you talk politics at the water cooler? a lot of people don't think that is such a good idea. career builder finds 66% of workers do not share their political affiliation at work. going a step further, 28% of workers say they feel like they need to keep their affiliations secret around the office. probably a good idea. >> you would never want somebody to judge you poorly because of who you vote for. not a bad idea to keep it silent. >>> coming up, more like december temperatures this november morning. howard will have the forecast first. monika has the latest on traffic. >>> a us navy le
a big drop in prices in california. demand is also way down after hurricane sandy because people just can't find gas in the new york new jersey area. in the washington area the price is a bit lower at $3.52 a gallon. in the past month they were down 22 cents. there could soon be some relief for the gas lines in the new york area. the federal government is buying gasoline to help get more fuel to drivers in new york and new jersey. >>> do you talk politics at the water cooler? a lot of...
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this fistfight broke out at an h & m in culver city, california. the national retail federation expects up to 147 million people to be shopping this entire holiday weekend. so, with the extra crowds out there, retailers all around the country are hoping for this. nice, calm, orderly lines, like the one here at the apple store on the icon iic 5th avenue in n york city. but police are leaving nothing to chance. knowing the lure of a holiday deal. >> they just forget about regular every day courtesy and sometimes go nuts. >> reporter: the los angeles police department is putting hundreds of extra officers on foot, on horseback and in the air to monitor shopping crowds. big stores like best buy have been preparing for days now, creating color coded maps, moving merchandise around to ease congestion and holding dry runs. so employees can practice. >> get people in, safely and out safely, through the lanes quick, fast, in a hurry so they can get what they need. >> reporter: and the mall of america has taken the additional step of banning teenagers from s
this fistfight broke out at an h & m in culver city, california. the national retail federation expects up to 147 million people to be shopping this entire holiday weekend. so, with the extra crowds out there, retailers all around the country are hoping for this. nice, calm, orderly lines, like the one here at the apple store on the icon iic 5th avenue in n york city. but police are leaving nothing to chance. knowing the lure of a holiday deal. >> they just forget about regular every...
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Nov 30, 2012
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. >> fate of same-sex in california could be decided any minute. latest on the justices' decision >>> oh boy, what a mess. massive tree cross a business road in mill valley this morning before 2 a.m. on miller avenue major road that was in front of the safeway. it blocked westbound lanes of miller for a while crews quickly cut it up so traffic could get through. we'll continue our storm coverage throughout the day on abc7news.com. >>> a lot of problems with trees and power lines. meteorologist mike nicco here to look at how long this will continue. >> about the next hour or two, heaviest of the rain moving through now with a wave on the cold front we don't have winds when this morning we had guts up to 60 few, 70 miles per hour, 50 -- at sfo, i expect the trees if they begin to topple again probably because the rain is coming down so heavily not the wind that will change sunday morning where i think we'll have breezy conditions again and the possibility more power outages. emeryville towards san francisco, 200 feet up in the clouds on mount tamalpa
. >> fate of same-sex in california could be decided any minute. latest on the justices' decision >>> oh boy, what a mess. massive tree cross a business road in mill valley this morning before 2 a.m. on miller avenue major road that was in front of the safeway. it blocked westbound lanes of miller for a while crews quickly cut it up so traffic could get through. we'll continue our storm coverage throughout the day on abc7news.com. >>> a lot of problems with trees and...
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Nov 30, 2012
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. >> fate o same-sex in california could be decided any minut [ female announcer ] this is a special message from at&t. [ male announcer ] it's no secret that the price of things just keeps going up. [ female announcer ] but we have some good news. it's our bundle price promise. [ male announcer ] a price you can definitely count on, for two whole years. from at&t. [ female announcer ] a great price for a great triple-play bundle. [ male announcer ] call now. bundles with u-verse tv, internet and home phone start at $89 a month. now get the same great price for two years. [ female announcer ] switch today and get a total home dvr included, free for life. [ male announcer ] you get reliable, high speed internet on our advanced digital network. choose from speeds up to 24 megs. [ female announcer ] and with u-verse tv you can record four shows at once on your total home dvr and play them back in any room. [ male announcer ] so call now. u-verse triple-play bundles start at $89 a month. now get the same great price for two years. [ female announcer ] with a total home dvr included, free
. >> fate o same-sex in california could be decided any minut [ female announcer ] this is a special message from at&t. [ male announcer ] it's no secret that the price of things just keeps going up. [ female announcer ] but we have some good news. it's our bundle price promise. [ male announcer ] a price you can definitely count on, for two whole years. from at&t. [ female announcer ] a great price for a great triple-play bundle. [ male announcer ] call now. bundles with u-verse...
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Nov 10, 2012
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finally a weather question from darren in california, maryland. i'm used to the measurement of the coldness of a night by dogs. in other words, a three dog night would be very cold. last night's weather topper measured the coldness in blankets. what's the conversion factor? how many blankets to a dog? i have no idea. so i brought in our own topper shutt to perhaps answer that pressing question. >> well, you gave me heads up. i've been debating. i'm going to say it's a 1 1-1 ratio. >> i always suspected having heat in the house and it negates the blanket effect. >> let's turn the heat down and save energy and sometimes it's nice to have a furyk tray blankets. you sleep -- a few extra blankets. you sleep better that way. >> i don't want to save energy that bad. >> i like your candor, sir. a great weekend ahead. >> you can write the mailbag at mailbag@wusa9.com. we'll see you later on. have a great evening. ♪ "e.t." >>> president obama. in tears. >> the leader of the free world reduced to tears. >> the media fallout over his on-camera breakdown. >>
finally a weather question from darren in california, maryland. i'm used to the measurement of the coldness of a night by dogs. in other words, a three dog night would be very cold. last night's weather topper measured the coldness in blankets. what's the conversion factor? how many blankets to a dog? i have no idea. so i brought in our own topper shutt to perhaps answer that pressing question. >> well, you gave me heads up. i've been debating. i'm going to say it's a 1 1-1 ratio....
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. >> reporter: in northern california, jeff yeelit was after sno-balls and wonder bread. >> i grew up eating these but my kids haven't. so i said if they're going out of business they have to at least try them. >> it's twinkie the kid! >> wow! howdy partners! come on to hostess twinkie town. >> reporter: hostess was a lunchbox favorite for decades but the company ran into trouble as consumers-- mostly parents-- moved to low fat and low carb treats. in 2009, hostess was taken over by a private equity firm and two hedge funds. greg rayburn is the hostess c.e.o. >> the demand is there for the products. the problem is you have to make them at a profit. >> reporter: this week, the bakers union went on strike when hostess asked for another cut in wages and benefits. marie mcdonald worked at the seattle bakery for 37 years. >> i was a twinkie straightener for a while. >> reporter: twinkie straighten her? >> then i went on pies because nobody wantedded to do pies. everything that i have is because i have this job. >> reporter: the bankrupt company warned workers it would go out of business if
. >> reporter: in northern california, jeff yeelit was after sno-balls and wonder bread. >> i grew up eating these but my kids haven't. so i said if they're going out of business they have to at least try them. >> it's twinkie the kid! >> wow! howdy partners! come on to hostess twinkie town. >> reporter: hostess was a lunchbox favorite for decades but the company ran into trouble as consumers-- mostly parents-- moved to low fat and low carb treats. in 2009, hostess...
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we've had you know the california cases is moving ahead. i think we're doing to see that this -- become a national issue very soon as more states approve it. >> national issue, national law. how does president obama feel about this being the law of the land now that he's been re- elected? would he be a supporter of that? >> so president obama's position has been and he's evolved on the issue he says. but he still said he believes it's something that should be left up to the states. he hasn't by any means endorsed a national approval of gay marriage and it will be interesting to see if he evolves further in the next four years. >> kate shepherd with "mother jones" magazine. thank you for being here with us. >> thanks. >>> we'll have more coverage of the election results coming up plus a look at some of the spontaneous local raucous celebrations that turned out when obama supporters learned he won re-election. we'll be right back. >>> 5:56 on this wednesday morning. . the temperatures in the low 30s and 40s. we've already had reports of sprin
we've had you know the california cases is moving ahead. i think we're doing to see that this -- become a national issue very soon as more states approve it. >> national issue, national law. how does president obama feel about this being the law of the land now that he's been re- elected? would he be a supporter of that? >> so president obama's position has been and he's evolved on the issue he says. but he still said he believes it's something that should be left up to the states....
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this was is largest jackpot ever, but, california is not one of them. the previous top powerball prize was $365 million won in 2006 by a group of conagra group of food workers in lincoln, nebraska, and you can bet they are not working anymore. >> no, but we are not getting a chance unless we drive to oregon, nevada or arizona. so, if you are going there, you may want to pick up a ticket. >>> but in sports the warriors look for a home in minnesota. >> and stanford make as bit a of team history and is still in the hunt for a pack 10 title. >>> good morning, everyone. in stanford football history no team has ever beaten three ranked teams three weeks in a row until last night. stefon taylor cias in from 1 yard out. 36-yards shy behind sanford's rushing record. on the ensuing kick-off, the ball is popped loose. picks up the loose ball and runs it in for another stanford touchdown. the cardinals win 35-17. they will face ucla friday for the pack 12 title. notre dame looking to punch their ticket against usc. notre dame withins it 22-13. the fighting irish ar
this was is largest jackpot ever, but, california is not one of them. the previous top powerball prize was $365 million won in 2006 by a group of conagra group of food workers in lincoln, nebraska, and you can bet they are not working anymore. >> no, but we are not getting a chance unless we drive to oregon, nevada or arizona. so, if you are going there, you may want to pick up a ticket. >>> but in sports the warriors look for a home in minnesota. >> and stanford make as...
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. >> some volunteers are coming in as far as california to help win virginia voters for their candidates. >>> a week after sandy wreaked havoc on the east coast, some things starting to get back to normal for new yorkers. new york city schools set to reopen today. the subway running at 80% of its normal service. gas lines are still long. both new york governor andrew cuomo and new jersey governor chris christie have promiseded an end to the shortage this week. later this week, president obama will meet with fema to discuss the disaster relief effort. fema approved nearly $158 million of individual disaster assistance. sandly has claimed 113 lives. they're working to restore power to more than 2 million people. >>> amtrak telling passengers make your reservations by phone or online to avoid sold out trains and long lines at ticket counters. >>> air travel is almost back to normal as well. most airlines say they should be running at regular service today. hurricane sandy affected thousands of flights throughout the world. some airlines say they're continuing to waive rebooking fees for pas
. >> some volunteers are coming in as far as california to help win virginia voters for their candidates. >>> a week after sandy wreaked havoc on the east coast, some things starting to get back to normal for new yorkers. new york city schools set to reopen today. the subway running at 80% of its normal service. gas lines are still long. both new york governor andrew cuomo and new jersey governor chris christie have promiseded an end to the shortage this week. later this week,...
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california -- it is a noticeable and sizable difference. there were many who thought the state of maryland would be a challenge. it's a very diverse day. our opposition, continually, you look at their statements and they thought that they had maryland blocked. washington state and maryland and they thought that they had it there because they were a catholic state. but we found out is that the majority of catholics support marriage equality. for all the damages they thought they had, they no longer had. >> you know, it empowers them to move into conservative states -- is that what you're saying? >> i think that everything has to be smart and strategic. but right now we have to be smart and on the defensive. we have been winning in state legislatures across the country. winning in state and federal courts across the country. the playing field were ballot measures. in an arena where truth and facts rarely matter, they were winning. so for the first time on this one playing field where they have been banished, we are now on the offensive. so wh
california -- it is a noticeable and sizable difference. there were many who thought the state of maryland would be a challenge. it's a very diverse day. our opposition, continually, you look at their statements and they thought that they had maryland blocked. washington state and maryland and they thought that they had it there because they were a catholic state. but we found out is that the majority of catholics support marriage equality. for all the damages they thought they had, they no...
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pinpoint forecast, around northern california going to see some fog roll in, in sacramento and fresno. otherwise plenty of sunshine around monterey and lake tahoe. so here's your forecast over the next several days. monday and tuesday, kind of look similar to tomorrow. and then wednesday, we have a good chance of rain anywhere from a half inch up to 2 inches in parts of the north bay. then friday and saturday we have an even more significant storm system heading our way into late next week and into the following weekend. that is a check of your seven day forecast. back to you guys. >>> all righty thank you so much. all right, so -- big college football games today. >> yeah lot of implications here especially for stanford who are hoping to keep their title hopes alive but hungry? we've got the top five turkeys of 2012. and stanford's rose bowl fate could have been decided even before they took the field. we'll show you what happened in corvallis next in sports. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, needs to win in the rose bol this afternoon to have a che to get back to the rose bown ne dinal >>> how's t
pinpoint forecast, around northern california going to see some fog roll in, in sacramento and fresno. otherwise plenty of sunshine around monterey and lake tahoe. so here's your forecast over the next several days. monday and tuesday, kind of look similar to tomorrow. and then wednesday, we have a good chance of rain anywhere from a half inch up to 2 inches in parts of the north bay. then friday and saturday we have an even more significant storm system heading our way into late next week and...
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. >> california, a small crew outside san diego training in a method called barehanding. >> they are learning to energize themselves at the same voltage so they can work on the lines. >> they swear special suits that spread the voltage around their bodies. they say it's safe and allows workers to repair lines more. in tennessee a road collapsed," the rubble crushing cars parked nearby. city officials said the building had been empty for years and it's contractor said he couldn't afford to maintain it. nobody hurt. >>> south carolina. police say somebody stole an s.u.v., crashed it through the front of a north charleston pawnshop and made off with a small arsenal. the storeowner said at least nine guns are missing from display cases. cops still look for the driver of that stolen vehicle. >>> washington. heavy rains west of seattle have caused flooding, mudslides and power outages, but at least one dog with an apparent taste for fish seems happy about it when a river overflowed and the fish started swimming across the highway, the pup took advantage. that's a fox watch. >> fox across a
. >> california, a small crew outside san diego training in a method called barehanding. >> they are learning to energize themselves at the same voltage so they can work on the lines. >> they swear special suits that spread the voltage around their bodies. they say it's safe and allows workers to repair lines more. in tennessee a road collapsed," the rubble crushing cars parked nearby. city officials said the building had been empty for years and it's contractor said he...
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a california highway patrol officer had no choice but to use his patrol car. the roadways so narrow not even a tow truck could make it through. he watched as the driver of the van spun out creating the chain reaction. >> they drive too fast especially around these curves here. any liquid on the pavement you are going to spin out. >> reporter: he watches the traffic all day from the windows of his restaurant. >> i have seen it all, cars flippeover, the helipad in the back. all the time, dry, wet. people are getting flown out of here. >> reporter: a retired san francisco police officer says he sees it, too. >> the chps are never sitting here for more than four minutes because this road makes people crazy. they drive too fast. they don't pay attention to the conditions. >> reporter: the conditions were rainy, foggy and windy einf to bring down part of the tree. a different van lost control and flipped on to its side on highway 87. drivers can blame the rain but that is not it. >> the number one problem is the driver. people driving really fast thinking that they
a california highway patrol officer had no choice but to use his patrol car. the roadways so narrow not even a tow truck could make it through. he watched as the driver of the van spun out creating the chain reaction. >> they drive too fast especially around these curves here. any liquid on the pavement you are going to spin out. >> reporter: he watches the traffic all day from the windows of his restaurant. >> i have seen it all, cars flippeover, the helipad in the back. all...
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california, a lot of rain, california and oregon today where the biggest system is for now. a little light rain and snow across the dakotas. nothing big there. flights in and out of florida might be a little slow today because of extra rain showers from jacksonville down toward the palm beach, south florida. no big storms our way. that is welcome news. high pressure is in charge. we're off to a great start and a great start to your weekend. skies remain mostly clear overnight tonight. another pretty good night. here is a picture of one of the leonid meteors early this morning. if you can get a quick peek at the dark sky overnight you might see a few more meteors but clouds on the increase. the northeasterly wind often brings a lot of cloud cover. that starts to arrive tomorrow and builds into monday and tuesday. so today nothing to worry about. mostly sunny and nice. highs up into the low 50s. a little bit cooler than average. not too bad with the sunshine. more clouds tomorrow. especially by tomorrow afternoon. as a result probably just a touch cooler. not much if anything
california, a lot of rain, california and oregon today where the biggest system is for now. a little light rain and snow across the dakotas. nothing big there. flights in and out of florida might be a little slow today because of extra rain showers from jacksonville down toward the palm beach, south florida. no big storms our way. that is welcome news. high pressure is in charge. we're off to a great start and a great start to your weekend. skies remain mostly clear overnight tonight. another...
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education matters and we stand for california. thank you, thank you very much. >> so the state superintendent , talk about somebody who is very anxious to inned foo the results results -- to find the results of this proposition. he also told me if this pleasure pleasure -- this measure does not pass, be sure that several districts will go bankrupt. also on the ballot was proposition thirtd 8, another education-related proposition behind that one. she issued a statement a short time ago. molly said transformational changes take time, and we are committed to staying the course until our state truly does tackle the school funding crisis. we know now has failed. we are waiting for the governor to show up, governor brown. i understand he is in the hotel in sacramento he will address many of the supporters. i am live in sacramento. lyanne melendez, abc news. >> thank you so much. >> lyanne was talking about proposition 38 which has been declared defeated. here are the numbers. no votes 74%. >> now looking at proposition 34. this is the
education matters and we stand for california. thank you, thank you very much. >> so the state superintendent , talk about somebody who is very anxious to inned foo the results results -- to find the results of this proposition. he also told me if this pleasure pleasure -- this measure does not pass, be sure that several districts will go bankrupt. also on the ballot was proposition thirtd 8, another education-related proposition behind that one. she issued a statement a short time ago....
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. >> a 16-year-old california girl being bittenter six times by rattlesnakes. was walking up a outside san diego trying to get cell phone reception when pit ofpped into a snakes. recovering but had to spend four days in intensive care. if you are in the desert, where boots. not bring your cell phone reception,hing for because you probably will not it any ways and might step of rattlesnakes. if you are bitten by a snake should get to an room as soon as possible. 1 special atr s as they kick off the season. the government may be saving millions of dollars. but let us get the details. >> we will get to the starbucks stores. as you mentioned, congress heading back to work today. question that the fiscal issue theye biggest need to handle. $1 billion in budget cuts this january. and the informal survey shows a 102 faa towers (9. enough air traffic being open 24m hours a day. if they want to be shut down that would save taxpayers more than $10 million a year. far below blocked attempts to cut hours or consolidate the work. to hear --u want starbucks is back with the
. >> a 16-year-old california girl being bittenter six times by rattlesnakes. was walking up a outside san diego trying to get cell phone reception when pit ofpped into a snakes. recovering but had to spend four days in intensive care. if you are in the desert, where boots. not bring your cell phone reception,hing for because you probably will not it any ways and might step of rattlesnakes. if you are bitten by a snake should get to an room as soon as possible. 1 special atr s as they...
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Nov 9, 2012
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big storm, center's now in california but the cold air in place and the moisture coming up into the cold. we've got snow in the rockies especially in the mountains here. they're going to be parts of montana that get 2 feet of wind driven snow. for us we're saying good-bye to the nor'easter. it's right there. and slowly scooting off toward the east. high pressure's building in. and we're going to be in great shape the next couple of days. in fact our futurecast nice and quiet. little warm front late tonight early tomorrow may produce a few clouds and even a stray shower across pennsylvania. but tomorrow morning, notice a couple of clouds here and there coming across the region. they should be passing by lunchtime and a sunny and milder afternoon as the winds kicking up out of the south as we head -- and southwest into sunday. that's going to boost temperatures even warmer for sunday. so the forecast today, 60s this afternoon. mild. tonight back in the 40s and some 30s again. outside the beltway. tomorrow 65 with perhaps a few more clouds in the morning but a sunny afternoon. sunday dry, g
big storm, center's now in california but the cold air in place and the moisture coming up into the cold. we've got snow in the rockies especially in the mountains here. they're going to be parts of montana that get 2 feet of wind driven snow. for us we're saying good-bye to the nor'easter. it's right there. and slowly scooting off toward the east. high pressure's building in. and we're going to be in great shape the next couple of days. in fact our futurecast nice and quiet. little warm front...
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and the middle class has been exiting california more than the rich. the hollywood guys and silicon valley folks can afford taxes, but the middle class employed by small businesses that end up moving to nevada, idaho, and elsewhere. so, colin, let's talk about michigan which you've been following and you've got the -- the battle over the collective bargaining, making collective bargaining a constitutional right in the state. and then there's a battle for the supreme court, too. are the unions going to win these two? >> you know, paul, a lot has changed in the past week and i don't think they're going to win it. it's looking tough, but right now about 52% of voters are saying they oppose the efforts to enshrine this propose significan proposition 2, the more people are learning, the more people are learning how ridiculous it is. and as for the michigan supreme court, this effort to get rid of two of the conservative justices on the court is drawing attention as well. part of get out the vote a way for unions to say, hey if we manage to get the collectiv
and the middle class has been exiting california more than the rich. the hollywood guys and silicon valley folks can afford taxes, but the middle class employed by small businesses that end up moving to nevada, idaho, and elsewhere. so, colin, let's talk about michigan which you've been following and you've got the -- the battle over the collective bargaining, making collective bargaining a constitutional right in the state. and then there's a battle for the supreme court, too. are the unions...
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Nov 24, 2012
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es came to orange county to serve and to enjoy the california lifestyle. he'll leave as a convicted felon for participating in the robbery of a medical marijuana delivery man and presumably with considerably less hair. >> that's me right there. all dreaded out. didn't have my glasses. uldn't see a thing. i came in with no shoes and a tank top. ah, yeah. i was little -- i was pretty stoned, yeah. >> drug use had led to problems for gonzales before his arrest as well. >> like seventh or eighth grade, i started smoking a little bit of pot, and then i started doing a lot of psychedelics more than smoking weed and then i got placed into an outpatient rehab facility for the first time. it didn't work. i relapsed. i was losing jobs. i was failing school and not doing that well. i barely graduated. >> now three months into his one-year sentence, gonzales is siting room at orange county's theo lacy jail facility. his mother, who asked that we not reveal her face, has just flown in from his home state of minnesota. >> hi, son. >> hello. >> oh, my gosh. this is the f
es came to orange county to serve and to enjoy the california lifestyle. he'll leave as a convicted felon for participating in the robbery of a medical marijuana delivery man and presumably with considerably less hair. >> that's me right there. all dreaded out. didn't have my glasses. uldn't see a thing. i came in with no shoes and a tank top. ah, yeah. i was little -- i was pretty stoned, yeah. >> drug use had led to problems for gonzales before his arrest as well. >> like...
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once the polls close on the west coast,ip cluding california, -- including california we are expecting a lot of this it turn blue. two70 votes needed to take it. romney 155 and president barack obama with 149. in an hour once the polls close here in california we are more that means these battleground states are more crucial. wanted to let you know within the last few minutes, new hampshire, as you take a look here it want to president barack obama. you look at the results you can see 55% for president barack obama compared to romney's 45%. and there are other key battleground states that are really important. >> we are still watching ohio, that is -- that is really the most important state right now. we are at about 45% of the precincts in ohio has been counted. not half yet. right now president barack obama does have a lead in ohio. 51% to 49% for romney. we are hearing reports from ohio that the president is doing very well in the places he was expected to do well but he is doing well in south central ohio and he is, in fact, doing better than expected there. but it is not over yet.
once the polls close on the west coast,ip cluding california, -- including california we are expecting a lot of this it turn blue. two70 votes needed to take it. romney 155 and president barack obama with 149. in an hour once the polls close here in california we are more that means these battleground states are more crucial. wanted to let you know within the last few minutes, new hampshire, as you take a look here it want to president barack obama. you look at the results you can see 55% for...
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Nov 2, 2012
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they represent just a fraction of the workers coming from as far away as hawaii and california. >> right now there's 65,000 primarily linemen and tree cutters. because you've had everything in this situation. you have a situation where you've had a lot of trees come down on top of lines. we have water in the electricity system and the underground system in manhattan. you have two feet of snow in west virginia that you have to clear out before you can get in there. >> reporter: long island fires? >> long island fires, right. >> reporter: this is unbelievable. >> we've had everything but the locusts. >> you can hear more about the restoration efforts this weekend on "platts energy week." it airs sunday morning at 8:00 on wusa 9. >>> you don't have to work for a power company to help those hit hardest. wusa is donating a dollar to the sandy relief fund for every person who likes our facebook page. so please consider logging on and giving us a like. >>> the d.c. government is getting ready for winter at rfk stadium. the mayor joined more than 1,000 workers from the public works and transport
they represent just a fraction of the workers coming from as far away as hawaii and california. >> right now there's 65,000 primarily linemen and tree cutters. because you've had everything in this situation. you have a situation where you've had a lot of trees come down on top of lines. we have water in the electricity system and the underground system in manhattan. you have two feet of snow in west virginia that you have to clear out before you can get in there. >> reporter: long...
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california voters considered ending the death that measure is losing in california. in florida voters have rejecte constitutio with 98% of precincts repo digits, by rgin in michig@ are deciding whether to appeal the emergency allowing them to take over financially troubled cities. something we have covered extensively over the past couple of years.majority of michigan voters want to repeal that emergency manager law. that emergency manager law i ought thauz was the single most rod call piece of legislation that was put into place. not just proposed a place after a republica takeover. the emergency management law was a dramatic strengthening of previous laws in the state, essentially allowing the and ovhele whoever you v overruleofficials. they could step inoverseer and ff the assets with nobody in the town having any say over it that is on its way to repeal in mian right now with a majority of precincts reporting. although there's definitive oh on that one yet. the very excited happy seen tha you see here are in ch this crowd of obama supporters awaits the president
california voters considered ending the death that measure is losing in california. in florida voters have rejecte constitutio with 98% of precincts repo digits, by rgin in michig@ are deciding whether to appeal the emergency allowing them to take over financially troubled cities. something we have covered extensively over the past couple of years.majority of michigan voters want to repeal that emergency manager law. that emergency manager law i ought thauz was the single most rod call piece of...
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thanks so much for coming on everyone so let's start with you i mean i was devastated as a california girl to find out about the g.m.o. labeling failing in california when paul nationwide ninety percent of americans wanted some what happened. that can be answered with just one word monsanto they spent millions of dollars trying to defeat this ballot initiative along with chemical companies dupont and they wanted to do have nothing to do with this label initiative like you said it had a lot of favor ability early on in the polls but just this massive amount of negative ads claiming that it was going to boost grocery cause for the average family really had a strong effect and at a time when there's a lot of ballots or there's a lot of initiatives on the ballot people really didn't have a lot of time to go and do their own research and they were confused by this a lot of them voted no but supporters of proposition thirty seven say they are giving the they're glad that this did get the discussion going about jim mose and they will likely be trying other ballot initiatives like these and o
thanks so much for coming on everyone so let's start with you i mean i was devastated as a california girl to find out about the g.m.o. labeling failing in california when paul nationwide ninety percent of americans wanted some what happened. that can be answered with just one word monsanto they spent millions of dollars trying to defeat this ballot initiative along with chemical companies dupont and they wanted to do have nothing to do with this label initiative like you said it had a lot of...
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for a while, moved to california. i was married for a while in california and then i moved to washington and i wasn't married again, and now i'm about to get married again. [laughter] so, thank you. hopefully it's the same guy. don't forget that. [laughter] >> you don't get gifts every time he there. that's problem. so i did have this very, i certainly had a personal stake in that so i was very pleasantly surprised him outside and i do think also, i want to look at this deeper but it feels to me like this time the disconnect between the power of voting and the actual voting wasn't as big as it was in the past which just the extent that people were saying different things, if that ever was true, it feels like in this race are polling suggested that was kind of the margin and we won by the margins that were fairly close to the polling and i think if that's true that's very good news for us as we go forward with this kind of thinking. i think there was a tendency to feel that we had to really get very high numbers and so
for a while, moved to california. i was married for a while in california and then i moved to washington and i wasn't married again, and now i'm about to get married again. [laughter] so, thank you. hopefully it's the same guy. don't forget that. [laughter] >> you don't get gifts every time he there. that's problem. so i did have this very, i certainly had a personal stake in that so i was very pleasantly surprised him outside and i do think also, i want to look at this deeper but it...
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in california one firefighter didn't have a chance to worry about rookie nerves. steve shows us how he was focused on a bundle of joy. >> had studied in class. carried it out in textbook form. >> got everything set up and it happened. >> it happened all right. he delivered a baby on his first day on the job. here's a picture of mom and baby. 7 pound samiah resting after emergency entrance. >> only thing i didn't ask her is why we were there. but you never know what goes on in the middle of the night. >> the labor snuck up on mom so fast there was only time to call 911. he arrived 10 minutes before the birth. >> it's just the luck of the draw. that could be our next call. you never know. >> it was the call of a life time and happened on his first shift. the call to bring a new life safely into the world. >> and that was steve reporting. may have been firefighter's first delivery but mom was no new mom. it was her 4th child. he did have experience of his own. he became a father 6 weeks ago but at a hospital with a doctor in attendance. whole different thing. >> prob
in california one firefighter didn't have a chance to worry about rookie nerves. steve shows us how he was focused on a bundle of joy. >> had studied in class. carried it out in textbook form. >> got everything set up and it happened. >> it happened all right. he delivered a baby on his first day on the job. here's a picture of mom and baby. 7 pound samiah resting after emergency entrance. >> only thing i didn't ask her is why we were there. but you never know what goes...
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california has two controversial issues. >> all the way out to california. it is really interesting. there will be voting on whether to abolish the death penalty. there are 702 people on death row. if this passes, their sentences will be commuted to life in prison without parole. also an initiative to ban genetically modified food stuff's. i'm sorry, not to ban it. to put it on the label. some people want to ban it. >> so you know it has been genetically modified. soy protein. >> they said it would be a nightmare to enforce with the labels and all that. let's move on. in massachusetts. assisted suicide. >> interesting. we now that have in oregon is the only state that allows that, correct? >> if you have a fatal disease, you can end your life. >> >>, colorado, oregon and washington state have measures to approve recreational marijuana. not marijuana for health reasons as some other states have like the district of columbia. if any of these states, colorado, oregon or washington state approve it, that would be in direct conflict with the federal law about mar
california has two controversial issues. >> all the way out to california. it is really interesting. there will be voting on whether to abolish the death penalty. there are 702 people on death row. if this passes, their sentences will be commuted to life in prison without parole. also an initiative to ban genetically modified food stuff's. i'm sorry, not to ban it. to put it on the label. some people want to ban it. >> so you know it has been genetically modified. soy protein....
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a couple of things to point out across california over the next 24 to 72 hours. that will be the big storm as we go into travel day on thanksgiving. and other than that, it will be quiet. a little low pressure off the coast. this is not the system that we were talking about. it's a different one. now, they will spread cloud like they have all day. all the rain will skirt to our east and our south. but the clouds will hang tough tonight and the clouds will hang tough very early tomorrow morning. but we're going to finish the week strong and mostly sunny skies will return. temperatures in the 40s across the board. 43 in gaithersburg. 46 in vienna. 46 in fairfax. 49 down in burke, articlington -- arlington and 47 in bowie. clouds hang tough. cold tonight, but not as cold as last night. you'll need a jacket, a strong finish to the week and the good news, a nice weekend as we have cleaned up on sunday, which is indeed good news. mostly cloudy and cold. in the 30s. we could handle that. and tomorrow morning, becoming partly cloudy with a chilly start. a jacket and a go
a couple of things to point out across california over the next 24 to 72 hours. that will be the big storm as we go into travel day on thanksgiving. and other than that, it will be quiet. a little low pressure off the coast. this is not the system that we were talking about. it's a different one. now, they will spread cloud like they have all day. all the rain will skirt to our east and our south. but the clouds will hang tough tonight and the clouds will hang tough very early tomorrow morning....
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now it's going to be a lot tougher for da da agents to be conducting mass raids like they do here in california because it's being used for recreational purposes is very likely that i mean we're going to see an explosion of these sort of shops in colorado and in washington and be very tough to go down and crack down on each one individually but we also have to take a look at what this the implications are worldwide already mexico's president elect yesterday said that these legalization efforts here in the united states are going to really force him to reevaluate the direction that mexico takes in the drug war and i think a lot of other latin american countries are taking that same stance and there's a really quick follow up i know that the very strikes are reform law did pass remember we saw the death penalty to abolish the death penalty did not pass why do you think that didn't. yes well first of all we have to remember that there were actually many inmates who are currently on death row which also opposed. proposition thirty four which would have eliminated capital punishment their reasoning
now it's going to be a lot tougher for da da agents to be conducting mass raids like they do here in california because it's being used for recreational purposes is very likely that i mean we're going to see an explosion of these sort of shops in colorado and in washington and be very tough to go down and crack down on each one individually but we also have to take a look at what this the implications are worldwide already mexico's president elect yesterday said that these legalization efforts...
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is the time and our into the voting in california. will tran will cover cover at the costa county voting place. >> it is a board to drop off your mail in ballots today if you do not do it to day walkout tomorrow. people were waiting outside as early as 6:00 a.m.. they did not know that it opened up at 7:00 a.m.. people are anxious in this area to turn out and vote because they felt it was important obviously for them to have the vote counted. keep in mind this is the first year in california for the general a election where will have more mailing ballots the people actually coming take a look at your screen we have bullet point for you if you are one of those people are sitting on a mail in ballot at this time. keep in mind you have to drop off at a polling place in the polling place by 8:00 p.m. tonight. if you mail it to day it is postmarked today they will get there it according to the people of the registrar's office they say no it does not matter it has to be in their hands by tonight. we talked to them at 7:00 a.m. they said one
is the time and our into the voting in california. will tran will cover cover at the costa county voting place. >> it is a board to drop off your mail in ballots today if you do not do it to day walkout tomorrow. people were waiting outside as early as 6:00 a.m.. they did not know that it opened up at 7:00 a.m.. people are anxious in this area to turn out and vote because they felt it was important obviously for them to have the vote counted. keep in mind this is the first year in...
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california educators say it will remain a third grade classroom staple, at least for now. and we'll be right back with sports. >>> welcome back. a trip to the pac-12 championship game is on the line. stanford beat oregon last week, but there is still a debate over which team is the best team in the pac-12 north. now both teams entered today's action 7-1 in the division. a victory by oregon forces stanford to win tonight in order to advance to the title game. let's get to some action. beginning with the fifth-ranked ducks, who faced 15th ranked oregon state in the civil war rivalry game. 20-17, ducks. second and goal de'anthony thomas charges into the end zone. five yards score to make it 27-17. moments later after a beavers fumble, thomas again. this time 29-yard touchdown, his third td of the day. 34-17, oregon. fourth quarter, kenjon barner with the one-yard run. that would be enough. ducks win, 48-24. but stanford cardinal fan don't sweat it. right now you're looking pretty good. you're beating ucla, 34-17 in the fourth quarter. stephan taylor has two touchdowns. if sta
california educators say it will remain a third grade classroom staple, at least for now. and we'll be right back with sports. >>> welcome back. a trip to the pac-12 championship game is on the line. stanford beat oregon last week, but there is still a debate over which team is the best team in the pac-12 north. now both teams entered today's action 7-1 in the division. a victory by oregon forces stanford to win tonight in order to advance to the title game. let's get to some action....
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host: mark is our next call from california on our independent line. caller: i have two daughters who are attending public schools and they were attending private school. my contribution is approximately $30 per day. at the private school, it was private instruction. more days per school year than the public school and so forth. now i am moving them into the public school system. i get a note from the school system saying if your children are absent for a given day, the school does not receive money for the days they are not there. they were hoping we could cover their cost of $40 per student day. my first question is, how is it that at a public level where they have a fraction of the number of days of instruction per year and hours per day are shorter, they are asking for $40 per student day and they are getting a better quality of education at $30 a day per student. in the state of california, we are going broke. how can we justify more money for pensions? the second question i have for you is that you have mentioned the bush tax cuts for the rich an
host: mark is our next call from california on our independent line. caller: i have two daughters who are attending public schools and they were attending private school. my contribution is approximately $30 per day. at the private school, it was private instruction. more days per school year than the public school and so forth. now i am moving them into the public school system. i get a note from the school system saying if your children are absent for a given day, the school does not receive...
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i hope california is. [laughter] [applause] >> for this next question, let's pretend that president obama is sitting in this chair. but pretend this is a private room -- let's pretend this is a private room. we need everyone out there to be quiet. if you were here along with the president, what are the two things you would tell him you need to make your state more competitive or all states more competitive? >> i think and i am an unabashed supporter of the president. i do not think all his policies are perfect but he has done a remarkable job of coming into an almost impossible situation in dealing with it as best you can. i can -- would look at the programs that have already embarked on the investment of making sure the government supports research at the deepest trouble and is providing not just grants but tax credits. the focus on making sure that we're building a culture of innovation. colorado is the last three years when there were no jobs anywhere, more 25-34 year-old came to call rudder than any ot
i hope california is. [laughter] [applause] >> for this next question, let's pretend that president obama is sitting in this chair. but pretend this is a private room -- let's pretend this is a private room. we need everyone out there to be quiet. if you were here along with the president, what are the two things you would tell him you need to make your state more competitive or all states more competitive? >> i think and i am an unabashed supporter of the president. i do not think...
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california polls open and less than two hours. for your 24/7 news channel for the lastest news, weather & traffic on comcast 193 and digital 4.2 best-will tran is standing by. >> the presidential elections bring out the bigger turnout and not alexian years for president see. i can tell you we're visiting the headquarters for contra costa county expected lot of people to come here. they are ready to go. what is going to happen that will bring the ballot boxes here. a place where they will verify the votes. look at the numerous propositions that affect california's was costa county that says costa best as contra costa county. >> a lot of people think because they voted last time they are automatically routed to go this time. i will give you the answers coming up that you chance. >> very good will that us continue our election coverage. >> new video president joe biden casting his vote in wilmington delaware. he voted just after 4:00 a.m. our time. new video voters waiting in long lines cast their ballots in miami dade county. take a
california polls open and less than two hours. for your 24/7 news channel for the lastest news, weather & traffic on comcast 193 and digital 4.2 best-will tran is standing by. >> the presidential elections bring out the bigger turnout and not alexian years for president see. i can tell you we're visiting the headquarters for contra costa county expected lot of people to come here. they are ready to go. what is going to happen that will bring the ballot boxes here. a place where they...
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we are try to help california. quex their offering tax breaks. >> we are not offering a break. >> not only you. what do you say to the ceo's? what are you trying to do it? what are two or three things you are doing to keep companies here? >> we take specifics. i met yesterday with the representative of nissan and they're very interested and supportive of the installation of high-speed chargers throughout california. we have a plan, criticized by some but nevertheless, well funded by a legal settlement of $100 million. to get these charging stations in throughout the bay area and down the coast to los angeles. they sold 5000 electric cars and they want to keep expanding. problem, permits. some people are making it hard, some cds are making it too difficult to get these charging stations up and running. we will deal with that city by city and we will have success. secondly, the utility's charge various fees to set up and provide the electricity. we want to make sure that it is cost recovery and to not be unreasonable
we are try to help california. quex their offering tax breaks. >> we are not offering a break. >> not only you. what do you say to the ceo's? what are you trying to do it? what are two or three things you are doing to keep companies here? >> we take specifics. i met yesterday with the representative of nissan and they're very interested and supportive of the installation of high-speed chargers throughout california. we have a plan, criticized by some but nevertheless, well...
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one of the volunteers, she came to battleground virginia from california to help deliver virginia to obama. >> it was very simple. simple decision to make. i had a career opportunity, right place in my career where i could do this. no other place i would rather be. >> reporter: the romney camp has a strong ground campaign in virginia as well, with nearly 2 million door knocks and millions more phone calls. many more than in the 2008 election cycle. >> we have been on the wrathe w. >> reporter: earlier in the day, tagg and ben romney helped three recovery road rallies in virginia, in fairfax and virginia. and madeline albright kicked off a campaign canvas with supporters and volunteers inster long. tonight, mitt romney at a rally in newport news. romney will continue his push in virginia tomorrow. in lynchburg, at george mason university later in the afternoon. vice president biden and his wife, dr. jill biden will participate in grassroots events in sterling and richmond as well. back to you. >> record early voting in d.c. today. election officials estimate more than 52,000 residents
one of the volunteers, she came to battleground virginia from california to help deliver virginia to obama. >> it was very simple. simple decision to make. i had a career opportunity, right place in my career where i could do this. no other place i would rather be. >> reporter: the romney camp has a strong ground campaign in virginia as well, with nearly 2 million door knocks and millions more phone calls. many more than in the 2008 election cycle. >> we have been on the...
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pac-12 championship, but in order for that to happen, they have to take care of business in southern california. got a score update for you. so far, stanford is looking pretty good. they're leading ucla 21-10 at the half. running back stepfan taylor scored on a 49 yard touchdown run and this is his third straight thousand yard season, which is a new school record. we'll have another update during our 6:00 sports cast. >>> all right. from stanford football to stanford basketball. minnesota against stanford. battle for atlanta's tournament. 18 seconds left in the game, stanford down two. dwight powell attempts a dunk and is fouled. he made both free throws to tie the game. minnesota with nooin seconds left. powell knocks the ball away. tray recovers it. takes a shot at half court with .4 seconds left. fouls him. can you believe that? hollins would make all three free throws for the lead. stanford loses a heartbreaker, 66-63. >>> all right. the 49ers are less than 24 hours a i way from their showdown with the saints at the superdome. new orleans averages almost 30 points a game. but give up nearly
pac-12 championship, but in order for that to happen, they have to take care of business in southern california. got a score update for you. so far, stanford is looking pretty good. they're leading ucla 21-10 at the half. running back stepfan taylor scored on a 49 yard touchdown run and this is his third straight thousand yard season, which is a new school record. we'll have another update during our 6:00 sports cast. >>> all right. from stanford football to stanford basketball....
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in the same speech, he said he was so eager to cement california to the union that if the people of california wanted to have a slavery constitution, he would take california in that form. at the time, an ohio lawyer and later his colleague in the league in cabinet, wrote to a friend saying, anyone prepared to except another slave state is not with us on slavery. there were folks who doubted where he was on slavery. there is considerable doubt where he was on the emancipation proclamation. although he was known as the opponent of the extension of slavery, there are questions around the edges about his views on slavery. >> you paint a picture at the chicago convention in 1860 about why abraham lincoln won. a lot of it has something to do with anything but what his position was on issues. tell us that story. >> seward by that time> -- by that time, seward is well known. seward has been on record for logger about slavery. he had more that could be quoted against him. that is one concern. another is his attitude toward catholics and immigrants. as government. governor of new york, he made in his q
in the same speech, he said he was so eager to cement california to the union that if the people of california wanted to have a slavery constitution, he would take california in that form. at the time, an ohio lawyer and later his colleague in the league in cabinet, wrote to a friend saying, anyone prepared to except another slave state is not with us on slavery. there were folks who doubted where he was on slavery. there is considerable doubt where he was on the emancipation proclamation....
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california is not in play. but the truth is, it does shift and so the different states rise up in different elections and become the focus of elections. it really does make it an election where the whole country has to be paid attention to. >> only two democrats have reached 50% of the vote in ohio since 1940. ohio xem plies the paradox of how this is unfolding. 32% among noncollege white men and women nationally in our abc tracking poll through the whole run. in ohio he's ten points better among both of those groups. >> the bain story, the bain story has a culture and emotion emotional resonance in the midwest. ohio, the idea of the rich guy coming to town, shutting down a manufacturing, just resonates. it detonates. >> george, that early spending in ohio on bain. >> if it works, mr. obama will have a mandate not to be bain capital. but, there's another side of this, also, mitt romney may have been the guy that shut down some plants. barack obama came to town and tried to shut down the coal industry. ohio, pen
california is not in play. but the truth is, it does shift and so the different states rise up in different elections and become the focus of elections. it really does make it an election where the whole country has to be paid attention to. >> only two democrats have reached 50% of the vote in ohio since 1940. ohio xem plies the paradox of how this is unfolding. 32% among noncollege white men and women nationally in our abc tracking poll through the whole run. in ohio he's ten points...
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there are four outstanding house races that are in california's 52n't district. florida's 15th district, arizona's2nd district. the fifth race is louisiana's third district between two republican members that will be decided in a september runoff. democrats lead in all races where the winner is still uncalled. if they prevail, the thousands this cycle will be eight seats. one of those races that was referenced in that report is congressman alan west race in florida in that 18th district there. this from the "washington times" today. state and national republican party officials are getting behind the call for the recount in all early votes in st. lucy count you florida. we're staying with this story on the b.p. spill fines that were announced yesterday. we'll go to bethlehem, pennsylvania on the democratic line. dell is waiting. thanks for the call. caller: thank you. professor kind of stole a lot of the things i was going to say, because most people don't know the perspective here. you know, one time british patroleum was owned by the british government and it t
there are four outstanding house races that are in california's 52n't district. florida's 15th district, arizona's2nd district. the fifth race is louisiana's third district between two republican members that will be decided in a september runoff. democrats lead in all races where the winner is still uncalled. if they prevail, the thousands this cycle will be eight seats. one of those races that was referenced in that report is congressman alan west race in florida in that 18th district there....
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in california, and the federal government if koop after -- if california and the federal government keep spending the way it's been spending both will go bankrupt before they leave office. very true. tax scheme bubbling under the surface so-called wealth tax, in france, spain, iceland, switzerland they taxed net word of wealthy people every year. doesn't matter if you earn anything, or you get income or dividends, doesn't matter. if you have assets, house, gold, car, whatever, those governments are going to take some of that. uber liberals in america want to do the same thing. >> you can replace completely the income tax and the estate and gift taxes with a wealth tax of 1.5%. i think it should be graduated and progressive because to meet most important issue is to deal with the wealth nawbility inequality in this country which is much more severe than the income inequality in the country. >> bill: isn't that interesting. wealth inequality. where have we heard that before? carl marks? mao, fidel castro? if the u.s. were to impose a so-called wealth tax, that would be the seizure of priva
in california, and the federal government if koop after -- if california and the federal government keep spending the way it's been spending both will go bankrupt before they leave office. very true. tax scheme bubbling under the surface so-called wealth tax, in france, spain, iceland, switzerland they taxed net word of wealthy people every year. doesn't matter if you earn anything, or you get income or dividends, doesn't matter. if you have assets, house, gold, car, whatever, those governments...
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. >>> also the animal air-lift, scores of dogs and cats left homeless by hurricane sandy flown to california, and this is just one of the many surprising acts of kindness for some of sandy's most vulnerable victims. more on that coming up. >> a heartwarming story. >>> we begin with the escalation of violence in the mideast today being met with a possible cease-fire. israel expanded its air assault on gaza as its iron dome defense system protected tel aviv, its most populous city from a hamas rocket attack. we have team coverage this morning. christiane amanpour is in jerusalem, but we begin with alex marquardt in gaza city. alex. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. overnight the israeli air force targeted media buildings here in gaza while the shells not very far from here. the big question, whether a cease-fire will be able to be brokered before israel launches a ground invasion. israeli jets pummeling gaza overnight. two buildings housing hamas and international media were targeted. six journalists were wounded. from the sea, volley after volley of naval artillery hit alleged terror sites.
. >>> also the animal air-lift, scores of dogs and cats left homeless by hurricane sandy flown to california, and this is just one of the many surprising acts of kindness for some of sandy's most vulnerable victims. more on that coming up. >> a heartwarming story. >>> we begin with the escalation of violence in the mideast today being met with a possible cease-fire. israel expanded its air assault on gaza as its iron dome defense system protected tel aviv, its most...